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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" <"www."@honey.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)" <christopher.lane@zoho.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 06:23:44 +0900 (JST)
Subject: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)

INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF)
One Dag Hammarksjöld Plaza
885 Second Avenue, 26th Floor (between 47th and 48th Streets)
New York, NY 10017
Phone +1(347) 3452828
Representative E-mail (christopher.lane@zoho.com)


Attention dear rightful Beneficiary,

Your e-mail have been selected among the (5) lucky beneficiaries to
receive a wonderful compensation reward from International Monetary Fund (IMF)

We are happy to inform you of the result concluded annual final draws held on the (22nd of August, 2017) by International Monetary Fund (IMF) in association with the 'WORLD BANK' as the 2017 compensation funds awarding to individuals that
deserves federal government International reward's as foster sustainable World wide economic growth.

The funds is total value amount of ($US'1.6,million) and you will
receive your funds via bank to bank wire transfer,
What you must do right now to get this transaction done
is to kindly contact our IMF department director (Mr.Christopher Lane)
Kindly contact him with your full information as reconfirmation of beneficiary
to avoid scam or wrong transfer,

Your full name:________________________
Address________________________
Age:_________________________
Country:_____________________
Occupation:_________________
Gender:______________________
and your personal phone contact___________________

Once you list out the required information to our director
then he will give you the instructions how to get your funds transfer
direct to your bank account and please remember to
ask him for your transaction security code which will help
us to protect your funds from getting hacked by the internet scammers,hackers also known as impostors.

Below are the correct contact information details of Mr.Christopher,
Email: <christopher.lane@zoho.com>
Phone: +1(347) 3452828

Make sure you contact Christopher immediately you receive our email
and ask him to give you the instructions to get your total funds,
thank you and remain blessed.

Best of Regard's
IMF New York.

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